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2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Coordinates: 41°00′29″N 81°30′29″W / 41.008°N 81.508°W / 41.008; -81.508
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2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
DatesJuly 31 – August 3, 2008
LocationAkron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)Firestone Country Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,400
Field80 players
CutNone
Prize fund$8,000,000
Winner's share$1,350,000
Champion
Fiji Vijay Singh
270 (−10)
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The 2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from July 31 – August 3, 2008 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the tenth WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2008.

Vijay Singh won the tournament, and claimed his first World Golf Championships title. He shot a 10-under par 270 to win over Stuart Appleby and Lee Westwood by one stroke.

Field

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1. Playing members of the 2007 United States and International Presidents Cup teams
Stuart Appleby (3,4), Woody Austin (3,4), Ángel Cabrera (3,4,5), K. J. Choi (3,4,5), Stewart Cink (2,3,4,5), Ernie Els (3,4,5), Jim Furyk (2,3,4), Lucas Glover, Retief Goosen (3,4), Charles Howell III, Trevor Immelman (3,4), Zach Johnson (2,3,4), Hunter Mahan (3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Geoff Ogilvy (3,4,5), Nick O'Hern, Rory Sabbatini (3,4), Adam Scott (3,4,5), Vijay Singh (3,4), Steve Stricker (3,4,5), David Toms (2), Scott Verplank (2,3,4)

2. Playing members of the 2006 United States and European Ryder Cup teams
Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4), Darren Clarke (5), Chris DiMarco, Sergio García (3,4,5), Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5), J. J. Henry, David Howell, Robert Karlsson (3,4), Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, Henrik Stenson (3,4), Vaughn Taylor, Lee Westwood (3,4,5)

3. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to event
Robert Allenby (4), Stephen Ames (4,5), Aaron Baddeley (4), Tim Clark (4), Niclas Fasth (4), Richard Green (4), Søren Hansen (4,5), Trevor Immelman (4,5), Freddie Jacobson (4), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (4,5), Martin Kaymer (4,5), Anthony Kim (4,5), Justin Leonard (4,5), Graeme McDowell (4,5), Rocco Mediate (4), Sean O'Hair (4,5), Rod Pampling (4), Kenny Perry (4,5), Ian Poulter (4,5), Andrés Romero (4,5), Justin Rose (4,5), Brandt Snedeker (4), Boo Weekley (4,5), Oliver Wilson (4)

4. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings one week prior to event

5. Tournament winners of worldwide events since the prior year's tournament with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more
Mark Brown, Daniel Chopra, Nick Dougherty, Richard Finch, Ross Fisher, Steve Flesch, J. B. Holmes, Brendan Jones, James Kingston, Pablo Larrazábal, Peter Lonard, Steve Lowery, Craig Parry, Chez Reavie, Brett Rumford, Scott Strange, D. J. Trahan, Johnson Wagner, Steve Webster

6. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:

Round summaries

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First round

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Place Player Score To par
1 South Africa Retief Goosen 66 −4
T2 Sweden Daniel Chopra 67 −3
South Africa Tim Clark
United States Zach Johnson
Fiji Vijay Singh
T6 United States Chad Campbell 68 −2
United States Stewart Cink
United States Chris DiMarco
United States Jim Furyk
United States Charles Howell III
United States Justin Leonard
United States Rocco Mediate
United States Phil Mickelson
United States Sean O'Hair
United States Chez Reavie
United States Brandt Snedeker
Australia Scott Strange
United States Steve Stricker
England Steve Webster

Second round

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Place Player Score To par
1 Fiji Vijay Singh 67-66=133 −7
2 United States Phil Mickelson 68-66=134 −6
T3 United States Zach Johnson 67-68=135 −5
Australia Peter Lonard 69-66=135
United States Sean O'Hair 68-67=135
England Lee Westwood 70-65=135
T7 Australia Stuart Appleby 70-66=136 −4
United States Stewart Cink 68-68=136
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 70-66=136
South Africa Rory Sabbatini 69-67=136
United States D. J. Trahan 69-67=136

Third round

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Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Phil Mickelson 68-66-68=202 −8
Fiji Vijay Singh 67-66-69=202
England Lee Westwood 70-65-67=202
4 Australia Stuart Appleby 70-66-67=203 −7
5 South Africa Retief Goosen 66-71-68=205 −5
T6 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 70-71-65=206 −4
United States Chris DiMarco 68-70-68=206
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 70-66-70=206
South Africa Rory Sabbatini 69-67-70=206
United States D. J. Trahan 69-67-70=206

Final round

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Place Player Score To par Winnings ($)
1 Fiji Vijay Singh 67-66-69-68=270 −10 1,350,000
T2 Australia Stuart Appleby 70-66-67-68=271 −9 635,000
England Lee Westwood 70-65-67-69=271
T4 South Africa Retief Goosen 66-71-68-67=272 −8 310,000
United States Phil Mickelson 68-66-68-70=272
T6 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 70-71-65-67=273 −7 220,000
Australia Peter Lonard 69-66-72-66=273
T8 England Paul Casey 70-71-68-65=274 −6 162,500
United States D. J. Trahan 69-67-70-68=274
T10 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 70-66-70-69=275 −5 133,000
United States Hunter Mahan 71-66-70-68=275

Scorecard

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 4
Fiji Singh −8 −9 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10
Australia Appleby −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −9
England Westwood −9 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9
South Africa Goosen −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8
United States Mickelson −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −9 −8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[1]

References

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  1. ^ "World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
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